A taste of west coast on the weekend - skiing a snowy Whistler (actually mostly Blackcomb) Saturday was super fun. Lots of terrain, great snow, certainly not cold by this side of the Rockies' standards, fun meeting new people, watching a skier improve. Even found a few ankle deep fresh tracks. It's funny - I have these virtually new Fischer bigstix, but I haven't really skiied on them in 3 years. Good thing I sorta remember how they work ; )
Sunday we snowshoed to the top of Hollyburn mountain from the Cypress parking lot. Good excuse to burn off some steam on the upper half - a few stops and half the climb at a pinning it pace yielded under an hour up. Cutting loose from the parking lot probably would have been 45 minutes. Great workout, fun times, sunny warm day. Steve, Tania, Tara and Cindy shared the afternoon smiles.
This North Vancouver recreation is awesome when it's not pouring rain (like Saturday when leaving for/driving to Whistler). I make an effort to do fun stuff in Calgary, but its different being right on the mountains. Having said that, it's a big choice to endure the tax burden out there - talk about a way to milk an economy dry.
My track record of skipping the "tougher" weather in Calgary is pretty lucky so far this year ; )
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